Dade County's Only Newspaper.
VOLUME XLVIL
Death Claims
Hughes Davis
Kirksey Hughes Davis,
prominent citizen of Dade
ty, died at noon
December 31, 1947, at his home
Cole City.
He was the son of the late
and Mrs. H. K. Davis,
residents of north Georgia.
many years, Mr. Davis was
assessor and collector of
county.
He is survived by several
es anc: nephews.
Funeral services will be
at 10:30 o’clock Friday
at the residence. Rev. R.
Bethea will officiate.
will be in the family cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be
mond Morrison, James Davis,
M. Davis, E. R. Wells, Jr., W.
Pullen and Ross Martin ;
orary pallbearers Will be W.
McCauley, Col. D. E.
Will Smith, Bennett Gross,
Doyle George Murphy, W.
Hughes, W. P. Cole and
Brown.
Georgia’s 1947 Crop
About
Second Largest On
Gain over 1946; Cotton
Cash Crop
Athens, Ga., Dec.
1947 crops were valued by
Crop Reporting Service
at $466,491,000, an increase of
per cent over last year. It
excelled only by the
high in 1919 when value
$578,000,000.
Peanuts and tobacco again
new value records in 1947 for
fourth consecutive year.
co, corn and wheat average
per acre set new highs for
state.
Most of the important
crops showed increases in
duction over 1946, but
sugar cane syrup and total
crops were off. Production
peaches and pecans were
last season, but lower
brought a decrease in the
of peaches.
Cotton continued to lead
cash crop with a value of
340,000 for lint and seed.
was an increase of 15 per
in value for 18 per cent
production. The average
price was slightly below last
son. Peanuts were next
$79,640,000, an increase of 25
cent over last year;
next at $51,137,000, an
of six per cent in value for
per cent greater
commercial truck crops
at $9,601,000, and peaches
pecans next with values of
296.000 and $7515,000
In the food and feed crop
practically all commodities
ed increased values over
with the exception of Irish
sweet potatoes, sugar cane
and velvet beans. These
tions were due mainly to
crease in production.
Corn led in the food and
c^nn class with a value of
361,000. Next in line were
at $17,710,000; all hay,
000: sweet potatoes,
velvet beans, $8,704,000;
$7,728,000; sugar cane syrup,
698.000; cowpeas for peas,
000; Irish potatoes,
lespedeza seed, $1,872,000;
ghum svrun. $1,794,000;
forage $874,000; pears.
soybeans for beans, 451.000:
ley, $293,000 ; and rye, $146,000.
GEORGIA GUARD UNITS
HEAD FOR CAMP IN
JULY, THIS YEAR
Ground units of Georgia’s
tional Guard are going to
again next July—for the
time since the start of
War II. The 15-day field
ing period will be undergone
all Guard outfits firmally
vated before April 1,
to Adj. Gen. Alpha A. Fowler,
He said some 33 Georgia
and cities would be
in one or the other of the
encampments scheduled for
ill ;uk
Lions Club Record
; For Past Year
Officers of the Lions 1947 has Club been) re- {
port that the year
a very successful year for the!
Club. With the proceeds of the!
July 4th Barbecue and the P er ,
centage the Club has been re- "|
ceiving from the moving picture (
shows which have been
each Thursday and Saturday
nights at the Courthouse, they
have launched an active eyesig t j
conservation program. the |
In launching this program
Special Committee of which
Jules Case is Chairman, works
with the County Nurse, Miss
Fannelu McWhorter. Miss Mc¬
Whorter visits various schools
in the county giving When! tests
among the lower grades.
children are found with eyesight
trouble the parents are notified. able|
and, if they are financially
to take care of proper treatment,]
the matter is left up to them. If,
they are not financially able to'
attend to the matter, appointment the Lions j
Club arranges for |
with the Doctor and pays the,
expense. If glasses are needed i
they are procured. Dr. has D. Isble^
of Chattanooga Tenn
handling the cases so far for the
Club, givng a generous reduc-
tion in his charges for these]
C Tkr5ore have been
children given examinations and,
provided whom were with treatment, furnished three glasses. o»|
The expense to date has been
approximately S100. Four more
children are to be given examin-
ation and treatment in the near,
f ture :
“aIso! during the year, the Club,
ies materially aided the 4-H
Club of Dade County in their
work, and twelve baskets were
contributed to needy families at
Christmas time. The Christmas
Basket Committee composed of
L. M. Allison, Chairman, Jules
A. Case, T. S. Renfroe, reports F. N.|
Belk and Newell Scruggs,
that the baskets were gratefully
received, and they feel that the
Christmas holidays were made
brighter for these families.
All in all, it was a very pleas¬
ant and useful year for the Club
and the members are looking
forward to 1948 with great
hopes.
First Three Graders
Asked To Volunteer
As War Dead Escorts
Former Army enlisted men,
discharged as staff sergeants
and higher, are needed for six,
nine or twelve months tours of
duty as war dead escorts. Col.
K. M. Akman, Graves Registra¬
tion chief for the Third Army,
has issued a call for volunteers
to serve with escort detachment
centers in Atlanta, Memphis or
Charlotte.
Col. Akman explained there is
not enough Regular Army per¬
sonnel available in this area to
provide all the escorts necessary
for the returned dead which are
arriving at the rate of about
1,000 a month.
Escorts accompany bodies
from the time they arrive in the
United States until they are
buried. They supervise the
handling of the casket, attend
the funeral and present the flag
to the dead serviceman’s family.
Former first three graders
who are interested in volunteer¬
ing for this short-term duty may
apply at Graves’ Registration
Service headquarters at the At¬
lanta General Depot at Conley,
Ga., or at any Regular Army
Recruiting station.
state’s troops.
All Infantry and Field Artil¬
lery organizations—components
of the 48th Infantry Division,
commanded by Maj. Gen. Henry
D. Russell of Macon—will attend
S. C., the l
camp at Fort Jackson,
last two weeks in July.
All other outfits—mainly Anti-'
aircraft units in the 108th AAA
Brigade, commanded by Brig.
Gen. Joseph B. Fraser of Hines-
ville—will go to Camp Stewart,
Ga., from July 4 to July 11.
Devoted to the Best Interests of Dade County and Georgia.
THE DADE COUNTY TIMES, TRENTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1948.
Sheriff Apprehends
Alabama Escaped
Convict Friday
On Dec. 26th it was reported
to Sheriff G. C. Tatum that Bill
Smothers, an escaped convict'
from Alabama penitentiary,
was a j. unc i e > s home between
and Cole city Qn gand ;
Mountain and that Lambert and
brother were on either side
^ the house laying in wait for
j .
Sheriff Tatum, who had no
order to pmk him up, telephoned
the Sheriffs of Jackson and De-
Kalb Counties in Alabama.
These Sheriffs with their posse
arrived in Trenton accompanied
^ the they F. B. set I. and out. with Sheriff
They drove nearly to the house,
surrounded it and Sheriff Jones
called for Smothers to come out,
which he did.
A stolen car was found in the
yard, a rifle and a pistol in the
house. Mrs. Lambert was later
picked up for questioning,
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Cheatham, director
of Georgia . , s Department _ , of Vet- .
“ana Service has issued a
"'arnmg to veterans withserr¬
ice-connected disabilities to file
a claim for the disability imme-
cUately^ven if medical treat¬
ment for it is not required at the
Present time. Claims may be
filed, he said, at any of the 67
Veterans Service Offices thruout
the state.
Establshment of service-
connection of disabilities will be
required by the Veterans Ad-
ministration, he said, after Jan.
1 before any outpatient medical
or dental care is provided, or
before admission to any MMM
civilian hospital at VA expense,
is provided.
Immediate treatment of emer¬
gencies will be authorized, he
said, only at Veterans Adminis¬
tration hospitals which will also
treat nonservice-connected dis¬
abilities of veterans on an emer¬
gency basis.
Veterans will do well to estab¬
lish service connection in ad
vance, he said, as this will elim¬
inate undue delay should medi¬
cal care eventually be required
Helps Reduce
Malaria In Georgia
Malaria, the World’s No. 1
health problem, is being greatly
reduced in Georgia through the
use of DDT, that widely hailed
wartime insecticide development.
That was disclosed at the re¬
cent thirtieth annual meeting of
the National Malaria Society,
held in Atlanta. Among the
scientific papers presented was
a review of malaria control in
Georgia. The report was made
by Louva G. Lenert, of the State
Department of Public Health,
and W. A. Legwen, of the U £.
Public Health Service.
More than $500,000 is being
spent this year to control malaria
in 51 Georgia counties, they
reported. So far, 218,245 housing
units in the state have been
sprayed, an average of 2.61 gal¬
lons of DDT having been used
in each unit. As a result of the
accelerated program, only 59
cases of malaria were reported
in Georgia from January 1, to
November 1, it was said. This
number represents a sharp drop
from the 461 cases reported in
1945 and 109 in 1946.
Mark D. Hollis, "executive offi¬
cer of the U. S. Public Health
Service in Washington, one of
the me principal principal oJJtrclivcia, speakers, said Odiu ma ma
j ar j a be w jp ed 0 ut in the
next few years by “shoe-leather
so i Pn tists.” those epidemoloerists
w bo tramn and tramn until thpv
fj nd the malaria infested areas.
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Time to renew your subscrip-
tion to The Times.
Arrested and Charged
With Disturbing
Public Worship
Sunday morning at the Holi¬
ness Church near Avans,
was interrupted by much
and noise from a car. Willard
Stiefels and Kenneth Higdon
were driving a car back and forth
in front of the church, making
all the noise possible.
D. B. Bethune, Ira Avans and
other citizens seized the boys and
brought them down to the
County Jail.
Monday they were tried before
Justice of the Peace H. F. Allison
for drunk and disordrly con¬
duct, distrubing the peace and
Stiefels was also tried for driv¬
ing while drunk. They were
bound over to the Grand Jury
and made bond of $300 each.
State Veterans To
Get Information
On Rights
Former servicemen in this
state will be informed of the
expiration dates of their various
GI rights in a leaflet, “Time
Table For Georgia Veterans,”
which has been issued by the
state department of labor.
The pamphlet also lists sour¬
ces of information on all the
needs of vetearn.o.rs
needs of veterans. The nine
Veterans Administration offices
in the state, and the 37 local
branches of the Georgia State
Employment Service office are
also included.
Copies may be obtained by
mailing a request to Department
of Labor, 621 State Office Build¬
ing, Atlanta 3.
AUBREY DYER ENTERTAINS
FRATERNITY BROTHERS
AND GUESTS
The Lamba Chi Fraters of the
University of Chattanooga en¬
tertained with their holiday
dance on Dec. 22 at Aubrey
(“Bo”) Dyer’s Lodge on Lookout
Mountain. The cabin with its
antique furnishings and huge
fireplace was perfecty suited for
soiree. Miss Betty Richey of
Chattanooga was Bo’s date and
was a very charming hostess.
About 60 guests enjoyed cider
and doughnuts and to end a
perfect evening, fireworks were
off on the spacious lawn over¬
looking the beautiful Chattan¬
Valley.
FOR STATE GOLDEN GLOVES—Acting Gov. M. E.
Thompson is shown as he purchased the first ticket to the
Golden Gloves State Boxing Tourney which is sponsor'd
this season by the Georgia Air National Guard. Capt. Je-
rome Kiausman (left) is making the sale while State Adj.
Gen. Alpha A. Fowler, Jr., looks on. The AAU boxing classic
for Georgia fighters will be held in Atlanta's City Audi-
toriam on the nights of Jan. 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th. (Photo
by Hadaway-Atlanta)
‘Restricted’ Textbook
Plan Okayed,
Pressure on
By John Couric
Georgia school teachers
be limited in their selection
textbooks to be purchased
state money.
The State Board of
Monday approved a policy of
stricting the number of texts
select from in order to
teachers of pressure
ship reportedly exerted by
publishing houses. However,
board delayed, final action
adopting some books for the
pending submission of bids
publishers.
Publishers whose books were
approved for the limited list will
be asked for competitive
If these prices appear reasona¬
ble, the books will be placed on
a list. From this list teachers
will be allowed to select their
texts.
After they select these books,
the school system must use them
for a definite length of time. The
limited number of texts and the
provisions requiring a specified
'ength of service will prevent too
frequent changes. The length
of service will be four or five
years.
Officials say these changes
have resulted in waste in the
past. Many changes, they add,
resulted from sales pressure.
A Professional Textbook Com
mittee first submitted the list
Dec. 5, but the board delayed
action then after Acting Gov
M. E. Thompson opposed the
stricted list. Thompson tha
day told newsmen he
favored extending teachers’ com
nlete freedom in selecting books
Later he told the Board
he had no advice for them
than to warn against any uneco
nomical textbook plan.
A revised textbook list will bi
offered for approval at a
Board meeting. The date for
this meeting has not been set
yet.
During the session, Board
members were critical of certain
publishers who, they said, had
sought to influence the Textbook
Committee in its selection.
The plan also recommended an
expenditure of $1,700,000 for text
books annually. Some members
questioned whether this was ex¬
cessive, but Textbook Director C
S. Hubbard reported the present
allocation of 1,200,000—highest in
years-had left the schools “really
short, with thousands of students
without textbooks.
Published Weekly—Since 1901 .
Car Kills Mule
Obstructs Traffic
Early last Friday
while it was still dark, Mrs.
Waters, her nephew and his
were driving back to
ham after spending
in Chattanooga,
As they neared Pope’s
I two mules belonging to
Hunt, loomed up in the
ness an< f the car was unable
& void hitting one of them.
mule died right on the
anc * the occupants of the
stayed there until daylight
tear a traffic accident might
cause d by this obstruction
( when they could get word
the Sheriff,
State Politics To Be
Hottest Yet In 1948
Atlanta, Dec. 31.
gia’s political arena, which
been relatively quiet during
past several months except
a few preliminary bouts,
soon start buzzing with
again. Main interest, of
will center around
championship battle—for
governorship.
What will the 1948
rial campaigns be like?
like all others, but more so,”
the way one political
describes the coming
"You think,” he went on,
the last gubernatorial race
a good show, but it’ll be
compared to the one coming
It will be the hottest
Georgia has ever seen.
had some good
drag-out affairs in the past,
this one will put ’em all in
shade,” the veteran
predicts.
And it appears that the
cipal contestants are going
come out slugging early.
example, Gov. M. E.
recently admitted to
that he was chafing at the
and anxious to start an
campaign for re-election.
said that he will begin
paigning immediately after
first of the year and
hitting hard at his
He said:
“I made the statement
ly after I took office in
that politics was adjourned for
the year, and I am keeping
promise. The opposition
been busy for several
and I am anxious to start
ing back. I have plenty
ammunition and will begin
ing it just as soon as my
politics period comes to an
Regardess of which faction-
Thompson or
ducts the legal
Primary in Georgia in 1948,
dications point to the
being wide open for
The Georgia Supreme Court
hear arguments at the term
ginning January 12 on the
from the ruling of
Superior Judge Grover C. Ander¬
son, who held that the state com¬
mittee selected by the
convention in October, 1946,
the legal ccommittee in
of the 1948 primary. The
was appealed by Augusta’s
S. Morris, chairman of the
committee chosen at the
son state convention held
April 30. Manchester’s James
Peters is chairman of the
madge committee.
And so, Mr. and Mrs.
Voter, get ready for
1948 Political Show, billed as
“biggest and best” yet.
sion, as always, is free. If
prefer the rally type of
there’ll be plenty of them all
the state. If you like to read
about it in cold type, the
papers will be full of it. Or
you enjoy listening to it
your radio in the comfort of
home, you’ll get it there,
In fact, you won’t be able to
away from it no matter
you are.
j The 1948 Political Year
arrived!
j Be civil to ail: sociable to
i
many; familiar with few;
to one; enemy to
min Franklin.
NUMBER 51.
Still Raided On
out Mountain
Monday morning
Agents Land and Leonard
to Trenton and reported to
iff Tatum that they had
word of a still in operaiton
Lookout mountain.
Sheriff Tatum with Jim
love, accompanied the
and following explicit
went directly to the still
was in actual operation
their arrival.
Ross Autrey, Herschel
and Jack Neal were
without trouble. They
brought to Trenton where
were tried by Justice of
Peace H. F. Allison and they
bound over to the Grand
All three men made bond
$500 each.
CHURCH SERVICES
TRENTON BAPTIST
Rev. Wash Phillips, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 A. M.
Preaching, 11 A. M.
Evening Service, 6 P. M.
Prayer meeting Wednesday
7 P. M.
Choir Practice Friday 7 P.
NEW SALEM METHODIST
Sunday School 10 A. M.
Preaching 11 A. M.
Eptvorth League, 6:00 P. M.
NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST
John North, Pastor
Sunday School 10:00 C. S.
Services each Sunday at
Sunday night B. T. U. at
services at 7:00.
EAST VIEW BAPTIST
J. V. Richards, Pastor
Sunday School, 10:30 A.
E. W. Conkle, Superintendent.
Preaching, 11 A. M.
Preaching, 7 P. M.
FAIR VIEW CHURCH OF GOD
J. D. Massengale, Pastor
I Sunday School 10 A M
n A m
Preaching 7 P. M.
PINEY GROVE BAPTIST
Rev. Pearl Tinker, pastor
Sunday School 10 A. M.
Superintendant, J. H. Tinker
Preachng 11 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Prayer Service Thursdays 7 P. M.
Everybody welcome
CHURCH OF GOD—TRENTON
Rev. Roy Massengale, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 A. M.
Preaching 11 A. M.
Virgil Daniel,
Bible Class Teacher, Rev-
S. Buchanan.
Services Friday, 7 P. M.
DEER HEAD COVE BAPTIST
Rev. Dewey Dodd, Pastor
Sunday School, 10 A. M. N. R.
Blevins, Superintendent.
Preaching, 11 A. M.
RISING FAWN BAPTIST
The Baptist WMS observed
evening of prayer for
missions at the church
night, December 5.
The WMS will meet Saturday
afternoon, December 13, at 2
o’clock, at the home of Mrs. F.
A. Hall.
WOODLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. R. L. Howell, Pastor
Services at 11 A. M. and 8 P. M.
Sunday School 10 A. M.
Winfred Hartline, Supt.
Training Union, 6 P. M.
Henry Elliot, Director.
TRENTON CHURCH OF CHRIST
Sunday School, 10 A. M.
Preaching, 11 A. M.
Evening Service, 6:30.
Prayer Meeting, Wednesday
evening at 6:30.
CLOVERDAL BAPTIST
Rev. Paul Howell, Pastor.
Sunday School, 10 A. M.
Preaching, 11 A. M.
Evening Service, 6:30 P. M.
Prayer Meeting, Thursday
6:30 P. M.
RISING FAWN METHODIST
Rev. T. N. Orr, Pastor.
Rising Fawn, 11 A. M.
Cave Springs, 9:45 A. M.
